'Uncanny Congruencies' Alumni Exhibition Opens at the Palmer

The power of art is often found in those uncanny spaces between formal abstraction and the narratives of representation. Inseparable parts of a more complex whole, the form of abstraction and the content of representation are the collaborative conditions that have created the most compelling works of art since antiquity. "Uncanny Congruencies" investigates these elliptical crisscrossings, and offers a nuanced dialogue with its audiences through the seemingly dissimilar work of 18 alumni of the Penn State School of Visual Arts — all of which intersects and dialogues with one another in surprising ways.

"Uncanny Congruencies" is being presented as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State and was guest co-curated by Micaela Amateau Amato, professor emerita of art and women’s studies. The exhibition and related events are being co-sponsored by the Palmer Museum of Art and the School of Visual Arts at Penn State.